Panama Papers exposed 12 world leaders and 140+ politicians hiding wealth in offshore shell companies β€” documented evidence
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In 2016, a leak of 11.5 million documents from Mossack Fonseca revealed how world leaders, billionaires, and criminals used shell companies to hide wealth. The leak exposed 12 current or former heads of state, 128 politicians, and major banks that helped create more than 214,000 offshore entities. The journalist who broke the story, Daphne Caruana Galizia, was assassinated by a car bomb in Malta in 2017.

Panama Papers exposed 12 world leaders and 140+ politicians hiding wealth in offshore shell companies

FINΒ·April 3, 2016Β·By ICIJ InvestigatorsΒ·4.9K upvotesΒ·234 comments
What They Said Was Crazy
β€œThe global elite use a massive network of offshore shell companies and tax havens to hide trillions in wealth from taxation and public scrutiny.”
β€” ICIJ InvestigatorsApril 3, 2016Source

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